Checo Zaún en Tamara con Luz en MVS – 27 marzo 26

March 31, 2026·23 min·1 clip

Dave Grohl told Paul McCartney that writing songs together 'can't be that easy,' and McCartney's reply stunned him.

1. Tamara con Luz en MVS airs a Friday music segment featuring regular guest Checo Sound (Checo Pérez) presenting new music releases for the week. 2. The co-hosts are Tamara and Luz María Cetina on MVS 102.5; the episode opens with banter about the F1 driver Checo Pérez appearing in bank advertisements. 3. The episode's headline is Paul McCartney announcing a new album called 'The Voice of Dungeon Lane' with debut single 'Days We Left Behind.' 4. Checo explains that Dungeon Lane is the Liverpool street where McCartney grew up with his parents and where he met John Lennon and George Harrison in childhood. 5. He describes the single's tone as 'a kind of melancholy, of remembering, of childhood, of the place where he grew up' — a reflective stocktaking of his life and the people who passed through it. 6. Checo notes that McCartney's voice still sounds beautiful but carries the quality of an older man's voice, and cautions listeners not to interpret the nostalgic tone as a final farewell. 7. He recounts Dave Grohl's anecdote — Grohl, known as drummer of Nirvana and frontman of Foo Fighters, said he co-wrote songs with McCartney quickly, and when he expressed amazement McCartney replied: 'Why wouldn't it be easy? We did it.' 8. The full album releases May 29; Checo says individual singles will come out through April before the complete record arrives in May. 9. Ringo Starr is also reportedly releasing new music, which the hosts celebrate as a sign that surviving Beatles are still creatively active. 10. The second release is Jungle's new single 'Carry On' from their upcoming album Sunshine, releasing in August; the London trio features vocalist Lydia Kitto. 11. Checo describes the song as recalling 1960s-style music with light Bossa Nova influences, calling it 'very vacation-appropriate' — good for listening by a pool with a piña colada. 12. He notes that current vocal trends in pop favor a softer, more studied approach, comparing it to Billie Eilish's whispered delivery on 'Bad Guy' and noting Olivia Rodrigo and Dean fall in the same lineage. 13. The hosts suggest that the Mexican equivalent of this vocal aesthetic is Jimena Sariñana, who they describe as having a naturally relaxed, beautiful voice. 14. The third release is a collaboration between María Daniela y su sonido Drácar and Denise Guerrero of Vela Nova; Checo debunks the press narrative that the song was a pointed message at Denise. 15. He reveals that María Daniela co-wrote 'Nunca es suficiente' with Natalia Laforcade, that it was originally commissioned for Paulina Rubio, and that Laforcade decided to record it herself — a decision that produced one of the most-recognized Mexican songs of recent years. 16. A subsequent version with Los Ángeles Azules gave the song a further famous interpretation; Checo frames the story as an example of a song finding its right home. 17. He describes María Daniela's style as 'fun, a bit raw and frontal' compared to Vela Nova's more polished pop, and says the collaboration sounds well-balanced between their two distinct voices. 18. The fourth presentation is Placebo reinterpreting their debut album on its 30th anniversary; Checo plays 'Pure Morning' and discusses how lead singer Brian Molko's slightly nasal, androgynous voice gave the band a distinctive glam-influenced post-punk identity. 19. He notes the reinterpreted versions have 'more guitars, more distortion' and he personally prefers these new versions, while acknowledging the hosts find the sound difficult. 20. The episode will appeal to Spanish-speaking music fans following current international and Mexican pop releases; Placebo and Paul McCartney material assumes familiarity with those artists.

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